A large share of the people who would face work requirements are employed, but they also experience high levels of job displacement and unemployment, and their wages have grown little, as our analysis of the low-wage labor market shows. Read more

Our analysis finds, however, that local variation in rules for setting tenant rents would have few benefits and could be expected to lead to sharp rent increases for many low-income people, lay the groundwork for funding cuts that could compel local agencies to raise rents even if they would prefer not to, and create a complex patchwork of local rent rules that would make rental assistance less effective and efficient. Read more